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201. General Implementation Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/tools.html
     June 01, 2021 - The Gap Analysis helps identify activities that are fundamental to an antibiotic stewardship program … The Commitment Poster is a public display of your institution’s commitment to prescribing antibiotics … frequently asked questions beyond the scope of this program, such as infection control and prevention or antibiotic

202. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837692/psn-pdf
     July 20, 2022 - and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic. … and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic. … Prescribing antibiotics increases the risk of resistant infections and can lead to patient harm. … /ahrq-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/antibiotics-urisinusitis-simple-decision-gone-bad … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/antibiotics-urisinusitis-simple-decision-gone-bad

203. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CDI-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - Moment 2: Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Can I stop antibiotics? Can I narrow therapy or change from intravenous to oral therapy? … “Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics?” … It may not occur immediately after discontinuing antibiotics. … Slide 21 Clostridioides difficile and Antibiotics SAY: Virtually all antibiotics can increase

204. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making in Long-Term Care 4x6 Cards (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-4x6-four-moments-double.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making in Long-Term Care 4x6 Cards Does the resident have symptoms … What duration of antibiotic therapy is needed for the resident’s diagnosis? … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? Can we change to oral antibiotics? … What duration of antibiotic therapy is needed for the resident’s diagnosis? … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? Can we change to oral antibiotics? AHRQ Pub.

205. Acute Care ASP Development
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/program-part1-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - Program for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. … Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee Decisions regarding formulary and restriction status of antibiotics … consults for patients with complicated infectious disease problems or for patients receiving certain antibiotics … Review ASP responses to antibiotic shortages. … guidelines Consider guidelines for select antibiotics Those that are expensive, highly toxic, and/or

206. Performing SSI Investigations: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/ssi-investigation-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Indicate if mechanical bowel preparation or oral antibiotics (Check all that apply) Slide 9: Normothermia … Slide 12: Prophylactic Antibiotics Image: Sample form covering prophylactic antibiotics: Did the … Indicate name of antibiotic 1 Indicate administration time for antibiotic 1 Indicate name of antibiotic … 2 Indicate administration time for antibiotic 2 Slide 13: Prophylactic Antibiotics Did the … Image: Sample form covering prophylactic antibiotics: Case duration.

207. Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based cross sectional study. | PSNet
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     January 29, 2020 - Study Classic Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic … Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based … Prescribing unnecessary antibiotics increases the risk of resistant infections and can lead to patient … Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based … June 10, 2020 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

208. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 09, 2022 - Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program in long-term care facilities across the US. … across-us Overuse of antibiotics has been common in nursing homes; therefore, antibiotic stewardship … Use developed programs and a toolkit to improve the appropriate use of antibiotics. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variability-antibiotic-use-across-nursing-homes-and-risk-antibiotic-related-adverse-outcomes … /ahrq-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-improve-antibiotic-use-acute-care-hospitals

209. Gap-Analysis (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/gap-analysis.docx
     June 01, 2021 - ☐ Establish and review antibiotic use protocols ☐ Monitor antibiotic use ☐ Track antibiotic use data … Is there is a formal procedure to review the appropriateness of all antibiotics 48–72 hours after … ☐ Yes ☐ No Is there a process for intravenous to oral conversion of antibiotics in the pharmacy … Stewardship Team to target antibiotics commonly associated with Clostridioides difficile infection ( … any culture or susceptibility results as a strategy to assist prescribers in selecting appropriate antibiotics

210. The Integration of Hospitalists into U.S. Academic Medical Centers
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-061014.pptx
     March 07, 2014 - Yes No Why We Have to Improve Antibiotic Use Antibiotics are unlike any other drug, in that the use … We are running out of antibiotics. We won’t get new ones soon. … departments for adverse events attributed to antibiotics. 1. … It’s to ensure that there are systems and support to help every provider use antibiotics optimally. … Overuse Hospitalized patients are ill Early, appropriate antibiotics are life saving “Chagrin” factor

211. 5 Tk1 T5-Sample Policy Letter Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Sample Policy Letter [NAME OF NURSING HOME] RE: Antibiogram Policy [DATE] Antibiotics are among … Unnecessary prescribing practices by clinicians and overuse of newer, broad-spectrum antibiotics when … clinical specimens sent for laboratory testing and the susceptibility of each organism to an array of antibiotics … Use of antibiograms helps reduce reliance on broad-spectrum antibiotics as initial therapy and leads … to fewer clinical failures of antibiotics that are first prescribed.

212. 5 Tk1 T5-Sample Policy Letter Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T5-Sample_Policy_Letter_final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Tool 5. … Sample Policy Letter [NAME OF NURSING HOME] RE: Antibiogram Policy [DATE] Antibiotics are among the most … Unnecessary prescribing practices by clinicians and overuse of newer, broad-spectrum antibiotics when … Use of antibiograms helps reduce reliance on broad-spectrum antibiotics as initial therapy and leads … to fewer clinical failures of antibiotics that are first prescribed.

213. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/tracking-measuring-data-slides.pptx
     June 01, 2021 - for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. … Use Two measures of monthly antibiotic use (by antibiotic) 1. … Days of antibiotic therapy 2. … 7 Antibiotic Starts Count number of new antibiotics courses started in the facility in each month … New admissions on antibiotics should be included as a new antibiotic start This is to capture total antibiotic

214. Changing-System-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - Moment 1: Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … While the decision to prescribe antibiotics occurred in the hospital, whether to continue antibiotics … The resident likely did not need any antibiotics. … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? … Antibiotics should have been re-evaluated and stopped early on in his course.

215. Improving Communication Between Members of the Practice Around Antibiotic Decisions – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improving-communication-guide.docx
     September 01, 2022 - To temper expectations and ensure patients understand why the decision to not prescribe antibiotics might … If one clinician tends to always prescribe antibiotics for acute bronchitis, and a patient has had a … reaction to antibiotics, perhaps a reasonable comment is, "I am concerned that the patient had a reaction … How do you think we can ensure that our patients get antibiotics only when appropriate to make things … and think of conditions for which alternative antibiotics could be considered?

216. The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-guide.docx
     September 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Use 1 The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV Ambulatory Care Slide Title … an infection that requires antibiotics?  … Antibiotics will not help. … Slide 29 The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making SAY: Let’s talk about Moment Three: If antibiotics … For RSV, antibiotics are not indicated.

217. Manage-Resident-Rti-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/manage-resident-RTI-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - Slide 5 The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making SAY: Let’s review our Four Moments of antibiotic … likely has an infection that requires antibiotics, let’s consider our second moment of antibiotic decision … stable within a few days after starting antibiotics. … Stopping antibiotics is not correct. … Prophylactic antibiotics can contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance and C. difficile

218. Stewardship-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - diagnostic and treatment protocols for UTIs and respiratory tract infections that detailed recommended antibiotics … Showing data like this to prescribers, along with an evidence-based protocol with recommended antibiotics … The data also show how frequently he ordered a urine culture prior to initiating antibiotics for a UTI … These can be adapted from resources such as the Loeb minimum criteria for starting antibiotics, the revised … This can be helpful to monitor lengthy prescribing practices, but it doesn’t provide data on antibiotics

219. Toolkit 2. Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic (Concise Antibiogram Toolkit) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit2-concise-antibiogram-toolkit.html
     October 01, 2016 - Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic (Concise Antibiogram Toolkit) … When an antibiogram was implemented in nursing homes, results suggested that it had an effect on antibiotic … an infection during a certain time period—along with the susceptibility of each organism to various antibiotics … Because antibiograms provide information on local susceptibility patterns, they may improve the use of antibiotics … Using Nursing Home Antibiograms to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing and Delivery.

220. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-transcript.doc
     June 10, 2014 - We’re fast running out of antibiotics and we’re not getting new antibiotics very soon, and we know that … We also know that antibiotics have side effects and if you give people antibiotics unnecessarily, you … We also know that improving the use of antibiotics can actually reduce antibiotic resistance. … Well, very simply, antibiotics stewardship is simply ensuring that every patient gets an antibiotic only … some of the risks of antibiotics.